Featuring a main event between 135-pound title holder Brian Bowles and top contender Dominick Cruz, “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” takes place March 6 in Columbus, Ohio.

Casimir’s name has been associated with the WEC since this past November when the Frenchman was rumored as an opponent for then-undefeated lightweight Dave Jansen.

The 29-year-old Casimir has been fighting professionally since 2001, and 12 of his 19 career wins have come by submission. After opening his career just 4-4-2, Casimir has ripped off wins in 15 of his past 16 outings.

Meanwhile, Lamas, a former NCAA Division III All-American wrestler, looks to build on the momentum of a November 2009 win over James Krause at WEC 44. The victory follows a difficult TKO loss to Danny Castillo at WEC 42 in August in what is Lamas’ lone career loss to date.

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A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?